I delidded, put CLP on the die after cleaning the CPU a ton. Re-applied my AS5 so it'll need time to cure.

With a 3-5c higher ambient, same OC, same cooling, I'm getting 20c lower on the hottest core after 15 mins prime95. I'll be posting my results after 1hr. In other words during gaming my fans will be barely in use now. Do the hammer and vice method if you haven't I'm positive I can get 5ghz on air now

Took me a while to get the CLP. have hit 74c on my hottest core now, which is only 14c difference from my stable club posting pre-delid, but a few days ago when my ambient was this hot I hit 92c, so I'm assuming I've shaved off 18c, maybe more when the AS5 cures. I may re-seat too or possibly just get a better TIM altogether for the top of the IHS.

I reseated everything and re-did all the TIM, comp lost 23c if I'm factoring in ambient differences. Anyways it wasn't stable had some freezes etc. Decided to re-seat everything.

Booted up now at 1.4v ultra llc 5.0ghz. It booted fine. Did one pass of IBT, highest core was 78c. Before I was hitting 88c at 4.8ghz 1.3v just for comparison.

I'm going to run another 12hr p95 right now and every time it bsod's I'll bump up the voltage. Will let you guys know the final result.

Phanteks + TY-143s + delid on a decent chip = 5.0ghz on air. If I can get through IBT and some p95 that means my voltage is close to what I need, so I should only be hitting 80c tops on the hottest core, but the others are 75c~

Before p95 really ramps up I only hit 60c, so I'm guessing gaming will be like 50c tops. My idle temps are still meh though. I'm really happy to finally have completed my setup. My next task is fixing my cable management, once it's all complete I'll post pics.